Is the U.S. becoming the enemy we abhor? By Kevin Zeese

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Is the U.S. becoming the enemy we abhor?
12/29/2005 3:30:00 PM GMT
By Kevin Zeese


Examine the real costs of the Iraq War – not just the hundreds of billions appropriated for the war


The people speak with their feet and in the polls. A majority of Americans now believe IRAQ WAR was a mistake and want to see the U.S. beginning to withdraw troops from the country.

The Top Ten Reported
1. Cindy Sheehan stands up to the U.S. President GEORGE W. BUSH in Crawford, TX and reawakens the anti-war movement. When the 'Peace Mom' was at the Veterans for Peace conference in Dallas,Texas this summer she decided she was going to Crawford to see the President.

She went but only saw the President as he sped by to a fund raiser for Republican candidates. But Bush – and the world – heard her question: “Mr. President what was the noble cause for which my son Casey died?”

The President is still having trouble with that basic question. Sheehan's stand awakened the nation in what Nancy Lessin of Military Families Speak Out described as “the acoustics of ditch.” Sheehan usually appears on stage with other Gold Star Families, family members of soldiers serving in Iraq and veterans of the Iraq War recognizing that she is just one of hundreds of thousands of family members whose loved ones have been killed or seriously injured in the war and occupation.

2. In March more than 700 demonstrations were held throughout the U.S. on the second anniversary of the invasion. On September 24, several hundred thousand people took action and demonstrated in Washington, DC against the war in IRAQ. The march, co-sponsored by United for Peace and Justice and the ANSWER Coalition, featured speakers from a wide range of perspectives – geographic, political, ethnic and religious. The event was reported in the corporate media as a 'mere' 100,000 when DC police officials said the organizers at least met their goal of 100,000. After the march activities continued a United for Peace and Justice sponsored lobby day where more than 1,000 people lobbied elected officials. And, the several days of activities included civil disobedience where 40 people were arrested at the Pentagon and more than 370 people were arrested at the White House - three times larger then the previous record for arrests for civil disobedience at the White House.


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